Christopher Paolini is the best-selling author of the Inheritance Cycle: "Eragon," "Eldest," "Brisingr," "Inheritance," and is creator of the "World of Eragon" and the "Fractalverse." He holds the Guinness World Record for youngest author of a bestselling series, qualified for marksman in the Australian army, is a Scottish laird, and has dodged gunfire . . . more than once. He was chased by a moose in Alaska as a child, and has his name inscribed on Mars. He is a husband, father, asker of questions, and teller of stories. His newest Eragon book is "Murtagh."